Pink and Green: The Hello Kitty Solar Charger

Sure, you've got an unquenchable craving for anything and everything Hello Kitty, blowing your bank account on everything from benign items like USB flash drives to more puzzling/deadly fair like the Hello Kitty handgun. That's all well and good, and sure Hello Kitty is a beloved international mascot, but really, what has she done to dampen global climate change? Well, it's not quite pink carbon credits, but this Hello Kitty solar charger is certainly a start.

Sure you've got an unquenchable craving for anything and everything Hello Kitty, blowing your bank account on everything from benign items like USB flash drives to more puzzling/deadly fair like the Hello Kitty handgun. That's all well and good, and sure Hello Kitty is a beloved international mascot, but really, what has she done to dampen global climate change? Well, it's not quite pink carbon credits, but this Hello Kitty solar charger is certainly a start.

The charger works with your standard spread of devices: MP3 players, camera, phones, and all--pretty much anything that charges via USB. They don't have to be Hello Kitty branded, though I'm sure that doesn't hurt. A single charge will give you up to six hours of battery life. Like most solar chargers, this one will also pull juice from wall outlets during Alaskan winters and solar eclipses.

The charger's priced at $159.99. That's apparently the price you pay for that official Kitty bow tie. Have no fear, however, by next week a Chinese knockoff will no doubt be on the market for 1/159 of that.

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
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